AMESBURY, Mass., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A suspected Massachusetts drunken driver who allegedly quipped to police, 'This is what I do,' needs to be jailed, a judge says.
Jason Wetteland, 39, of Charlton, Mass., was ordered held without bond Tuesday by Newburyport District Judge Peter Doyle for his Aug. 1 arrest in Amesbury, Mass. -- Wetteland's 12th arrest on drunken-driving charges, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday.
"Nothing short of incarceration will stop this (defendant) from driving," the newspaper said Doyle wrote in his order, underlining the word "nothing" four times.
Police said Wetteland refused to take a breath test or any field-sobriety tests.
Assistant District Attorney Thomas Sholds quoted Wetteland as telling police, "'I'm drunk. You know it. I know it. I'm not going to deny it.' He went on to state … that he's been driving drunk for a long time … that this is what he does and that he doesn't give a (expletive) about the law."
The Globe said Wetteland's record sports 11 prior drunken-driving arrests, resulting in six convictions, and 17 charges of driving with a suspended or revoked license.
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